Terry Crews Says That Porn Addiction Nearly Ruined His Life

Terry Crews is known for his happy, manic energy—and his bodily composition of about 99.9 percent muscle—but he recently opened up about a personal demon that nearly cost him his marriage: porn addiction.

In a series of Facebook videos called "Dirty Little Secret," Crews detailed his addiction to pornography, which he said started watching when he was 12 years old. "If day turns into night and you are still watching, you probably got a problem," he said. "People become objects, people become body parts, they become things to be used rather than people to be loved."

Crews said that the addiction led to a damaging view about women and relationships. "I had the biggest sense of entitlement ever. I felt that the world owed me something," he said. "I felt that my wife owed me sex. I believed that I was more valuable than my wife as a human being, because I was a man."

Crews said his wife, Rebecca, nearly left him because of it, but he didn't get help just because of her. "I did not get help so that I could get my wife back," he said. "I got help becuase I needed it." (Nowadays, Crews goes on 90-day "sex fasts" with his wife to spice things up.) He went to therapy, and even rehab, and now says he has kicked the habit for around six or seven years, and now wants to spread the word to help people who are struggling like he once was.

Watch the full video series below:

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